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Geography, Social Studies
5th -
12thgrade
Physical geography Practice 1
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does relative location tell you?
A place’s exact position on earth
Why people move to a certain place
A place’s position in relation to other people and places
How a place is similar to other places
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which theme of geography studies how and why places are similar to other places?
Place
Region
Human-Environment Interaction
Location
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following could define a physical region?
A language
A religion
A mountain range
Political borders
- 4. Multiple Choice
What are lines of latitude and longitude?
A place’s position based on time, distance, direction, or landmark
The borders that define cultural regions
The number of people per unit area
An imaginary grid that has been placed on the globe to help us locate areas using coordinates
- 5. Multiple Choice
Someone tells you about the population density, languages spoken, landforms, and animal life in Virginia. Which theme of geography is she most likely talking about?
Location
Place
Movement
Human-environment interaction
- 6. Multiple ChoiceLocated around the rim of the Pacific Ocean, the Ring of Fire is known forIts great sushiFrequent droughtsJohnny Cash songsVolcanoes and earthquakes
- 7. Multiple ChoiceTropical climate zones are determined byDistance from the EquatorElevationPrevailing windsOcean currents
- 8. Multiple ChoiceSummer in Australia occurs at the same time as winter in North America becauseIt's always hot Down UnderKangaroos like to play outside at ChristmasThe Eastern Hemisphere is closer to the sunThe earth tilts the southern hemisphere towards the sun then
- 9. Multiple ChoiceCrust, mantle, outer core, and inner core make upThe spheres of the earthTypes of plate tectonicsClimate factorsThe earth's layers
- 10. Multiple ChoiceClimate zones at high latitudes (close to the poles) are generallyWetColdWindyTemperate
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the main factor that separates the biomes?LandWaterClimateLongitude
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe green X marks which of the following physical features?Atlantic OceanCaribbean SeaGulf of MexicoRhine river
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called:A. referenced locationA. central locationA. relative locationA. absolute location
- 14. Multiple Choice
What does Climate mean?
The average weather in a place over many years
Is the traditions and practices of a place
It tells about the symbols that are on the map. It can also be called a key
Available stock or supply of something.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThis occurs in the higher latitudes such as northern America or Russia. It has very cold winters and cool summers with moderate to low precipitation, mostly evergreen trees and a variety of animals in the summer. Which biome is this?GrasslandsTaigaTundraDesert
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat are tundra and desert examples of?ecosystemsbiomeshabitatscommunities
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the winter.Coniferous ForestsDeciduous ForestsDesertsTropical Rain Forests
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?tundradeserttemperate deciduous foresttropical rain forest
- 19. Multiple Choice
The largest landmasses (there are seven)
Convience
Consequences
Continents
Constantinople
- 20. Multiple ChoiceA large ecosystem is called a ______EcosystemHabitatBiomeNiche
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